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The Chinese government has offered 24 Nigerian students scholarship awards to pursue various degree programs in China, as the two countries seek to enhance educational exchanges and cooperation. The scholarship is part of the China-Nigeria Bilateral Education Agreement (BEA). Qin Jian, charge d'affaires of the Embassy of China in Nigeria, said at a pre-departure ceremony held for the beneficiaries in Abuja that education is one of the important areas of cooperation between the two countries. "It is not only a demonstration of the close people-to-people exchanges between China and Nigeria, but also a great inspiration for deepening our bilateral exchange and cooperation in educational field in the future," Qin said late Thursday. He urged the awardees to seize the opportunity to study hard while getting to know China well and enhance friendship. "In an environment of different language, culture and life in China, I hope you will overcome any difficulties an...

The senate president, Bukola Saraki, and hispredecessor, David Mark, and other prominent Nigerians may soon be in troubleas the Presidency has ordered the investigation of present and past Nigerian officials named in the Panama Papers scandal.The chairman of the Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB, Sam Saba, confirmed the directive to PREMIUM TIMES.This newspaper had published leaked papers from a Panamanian law firm, Mossack Fonsecca, which were obtained by the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung.The 2.6 TB files, involving 214,488 entities, exposed incredible secrets of the underworld economy, where a network of banks, law firms and other middlemen utilize shell companies, sometimes to hide illegal wealth.PREMIUM TIMES identified at least 110 Nigerians and companies operating offshore shell companies in tax havens.Mr. Saba said the Presidency forwarded names of some persons mentioned in the Panama Papers, to the agency for investigation.“I want to let you know that government has written to...

In what is being seen as a strong message to about 21 foreign nationals earlier arrested for peddling drugs, a district judge in Dharwad awarded a 10-year jail term and imposed Rs 1 lakh fine on 32-year-old Arthur Joseph, a Nigerian who was first arrested and put behind bars by Vidhya Giri police in January 2013 for supplying drugs. Police had caught the accused red-handed in his rented house at Sattur layout with large quantities of various drugs. Soon, a chargesheet was framed and a trial had been initiated two years ago. "If drug peddlers are convicted, then there will be some control over the drug mafia," a police officer said. Recently, in Bengaluru, former model Darshitmita Gowda, 26, was arrested under various sections of the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS). According to NCB officers, she was a member of a drug peddling group that catered to college students and working professionals in Bengaluru, Mangaluru and Goa. The model, a re...

1. Femi Ogunode – Qatar Femi Seun Ogunode was born on 15 May 1991 in Ondo state, western Nigeria. He ran for University of Ibadan and qualified for the 2007 All-Africa Games and the 2008 Summer Olympics. However, the Athletics Federation of Nigeria left him off of the final rosters for both events for undisclosed reasons. Following these, Ogunode accepted an offer to compete internationally for Qatar. His personal best of 9.91 at 100 m makes him the current holder of the Asian 100m record. He has been running for Qatar since 2010 and has won awards in 2011 and 2014. He will be competing today, August 16 in the Men’s 200m race at 3.50pm. 2. Oluwakemi Adekoya – Bahrain .Oluwakemi Adekoya was born on January 16, 1993. She originally ran for Nigerian since 2011, but due to dissatisfaction with how the country treated athletes Kemi defected to Bahrain. Adekoya’s first race in 2014 for her new country was a surprise to everyone. She defeated the entire elite 400 m...

7 Nigerians were arrested and 73 grams cocaine and five grams of brown sugar worth Rs 3.5 lakh were seized after Commissioner's task force and Anti Narcotic Cell of Central Crime Station (CCS) Hyderabad today busted an international drug racket. According to Hyderabad Police, the seven accused had come to India on a business Visa and had established a drug peddling network across metropolitan cities with the help of drug suppliers from Goa. The accused were selling the drugs at Rs 5,000-6,000 per gram. The accused were identified as Ejeana Raphael Chidera, C Akuabata, U Solomon Ubabuko, Obiora Chukwuemeka Peter, O Samson C, E Christian Chuku and U Promise Chukuwudi, all businessmen. "Three of the gang members stay in Goa and the remaining in Hyderabad. Prime accused Ejeana Raphael Chidera is the kingpin of the drug racket in Goa, he established a network in other metropolitan cities with his associates," Limba Reddy, Additional DCP of Taskforce, told  India Today...

The Saudi Arabian authorities have arrested three pilgrims from Kwara for alleged possession of substance suspected to be cocaine. Hajia Fatima Abolore-Jimoh, the Executive Secretary, Kwara Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, confirmed the arrest on Wednesday from Saudi Arabia in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). She said the three pilgrims, who were among the first batch of 505 Pilgrims from Kwara, were arrested in Madinnah by Saudi Arabia security operatives. The executive secretary, who did not disclose the identities of the three suspects, said they were still in the custody of Saudi Arabian authorities. Abolore-Jimoh said the Saudi Arabian law would certainly take its course on the three suspected drug traffickers. She described the arrest as unfortunate and painful in spite of several appeals to them to be good ambassadors of Kwara and Nigeria. The executive secretary said that other pilgrims from the state were still in Madinnah, hale, healthy and in good s...

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